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Episode description
Sacha Greif joined me again for a chat on how he marketed Discover Meteor, and why certain blog posts get popular.
Notable quotes
“I’ve always believed that people really respond to quality content.” – Sacha Greif
“You can tell when someone has written something with no research; getting quality data, screenshots, and diagrams really helps.” – Sacha Greif
“There’s a direct relationship between the amount of time I put into a blog post, and how popular it is” – Sacha Greif
“People respond to books: they don’t want to have to look through 20 blog posts.” – Sacha Greif
“I did something I shouldn’t have done – and I put all my eggs in one basket.” – Sacha Greif
“My first book is really short: it’s like 40 pages. I didn’t spend 6 months in a cave building it.” – Sacha Greif
Show notes
Note from Justin
This interview is a smaller segment of a full-interview with Sacha, available in Build Your Own Audience. It’s available here: justinjackson.ca/audiencecourse. You can also sign up to my mailing list.
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Justin Jackson
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